Monday, August 31, 2020
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Annie's Early Birthday Party at the Lake August 2020
Continuing the tradition, Annie spent her early birthday party at the lake with her friends Annie M & Luz. They had a lot of fun boating and tubing and going on sunset cruises. Shana and I had a lot of fun too. Shana obviously found it very relaxing!
Friday, August 28, 2020
Annie Chooses Her First Cat , Miku in August 2020
Just like that, Callie Ann became Miku, ... and thus begins our first feline love story. Miku bonded with Annie right away over a rainbow play toy, ... one that we still have today. We drove all the way to Leichester to get her. And WOW was it worth it! Now Miku is our sweet and sassy cat. Everyone loves her! ... And no one is more in love than Annie.
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Annie's Search for the Perfect Kitty August 2020
I assure you that we pet MANY kitties at MANY shelters, But this is just one picture of the process. Because most of our rabbits died from a rare congenital heart defect (Except Mario who is still going strong.), because Annie had the entire upstairs now, and because Annie has been troubled a bit with depression (which would take 3 more years to get the medication right) that she could have a cat. So in preparation we purchased and Annie put together this cat tree herself! We did want an older cat, ... mostly so the end of the kitty's life might correspond with Annie's later College career. It came down to 2: Meadow (an older calico) & Callie Ann (a 9-year-old tabby). .....
Monday, August 17, 2020
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Driving Crosscountry 2020 : Souvenirs
Although this picture does not do it Justice, this was the absolute best souvenir idea ever! I took a trowel and lots of plastic bags and in every state or interesting place we visited, I dug out the bag of soil. When we got back, I bought these large tall vases and we added about an inch of each soil on top of each other from the 1st layers on the bottom to the more recent layers on the. From bottom to top Here are the layers: Atlantic ocean Edisto Beach South Carolina. Lake Murray South Carolina. The Clower home place Pickens South Carolina. Graceland in Memphis Tennessee. The Mississippi river bank Tennessee. Arkansas. Missouri. Kansas. Rocky mountains in Denver, Colorado. Great basin Utah. Arches natural park Utah. Bonneville salt flats Utah. Nevada. Redwood forest California. Portland Oregon. Pacific Ocean and Rockaway Beach Oregon.
And for a second souvenir, and the one I received many compliments on, i bought 2 leather backpacks and had a professional cobbler sew on a patch for each state or interesting place we've visited. I would add to this for years and years, even adding patches for Edisto Beach beach and Hawaii.
Driving Crosscountry 2020 : The Flight Home
Over the long flight back, it was so exciting to see so many landmarks we saw from the ground. I even spent some time finding specific shaped lakes on Google Maps!
The Pacific Coast
The Colorado River
The Great Basin
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